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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 3

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The newborn baby girl made her first appearance to the public with the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess outside St. Mary's Hospital on Saturday evening.

The Duchess and the Duke of Cambridge looked very relax with smiles on their faces. The Duchess was taking the baby in her arm and the baby girl was asleep. (Britain-Royal Baby)

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WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people in Baltimore, the largest city in U.S. State of Maryland, on Saturday gathered at a rally and marched through streets to celebrate a decision by the city's top prosecutor to charge six officers in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, the young African-American man who died in police custody from a spinal injury.

The rally began at 2 p.m. in the West Baltimore neighborhood where Gray lived and was making its way to City Hall. (US-Baltimore-Rally)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ratified a gas supply agreement with China via the so- called Eastern route.

The agreement was passed on April 24 by parliament's lower house, or the State Duma, and approved by the upper chamber namely the Federation Council five days later. (Russia-China-Natural Gas)

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COLOMBO -- The United States will provide technical assistance to Sri Lanka in its reform process and send teams to visit Sri Lanka in this regard, said visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry here Saturday.

The remarks were made after Kerry's meeting with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in the capital Colombo. (Sri Lanka-US-Reform)

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TEHRAN -- Tehran will not allow foreign intervention in Yemen to jeopardize their common security interests, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Saturday, Tasnim news agency reported.

The Saudi-led coalition focuses on military attacks against Yemen, and this has "emboldened the Zionist regime (of Israel) and the terrorist groups," the Iranian official was quoted as saying. (Iran-Yemen-Common Interests) Endi